bread·bas·ket

[bred-bas-kit, -bah-skit]
noun
1.
a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
2.
an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas.
3.
Slang. a person's stomach or abdomen.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket: Iowa is a breadbasket state.

Origin:
1545–55; bread + basket

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To breadbasket
00:10
Breadbasket is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Collins
World English Dictionary
breadbasket (ˈbrɛdˌbɑːskɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a basket for carrying bread or rolls
2.  a slang word for stomach

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary

breadbasket definition


and dinner basket
  1. n.
    the belly; the stomach. : I hit him, pow, right in the breadbasket. , I have a little pain in the dinner basket.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Shortly thereafter the trays were set and items were offered from the breadbasket.
The breadbasket filled with rolls that winds up in a purse.
At one table, a paper-napkin breadbasket liner and lit candle meet, with predictable results.
The term breadbasket is often used to denote an agriculturally productive region.
Related Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT